French - Philosopher | 1645 - 1696
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Jean de la Bruyere
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
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Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
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As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.
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It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
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All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
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Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
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